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I'm aware of the various thickening agents for use with epoxy resin, can I use the same products with polyester to make a thick paste? I'm planning to modify the mast rake by altering the existing wedge below the tabernacle, so has to be fairly strong and resist cracking/compression.

I have a Victron hard-wired battery charger fitted - if I connect a shore lead it automatically starts charging the batteries. I want to fit a 12v to 240v inverter. If I wire this to the existing 240v sockets this will also put 240 to the output of the battery charger. Does this sound ok...

Looking for a Navman wind masthead unit. A non-working unit would be OK as well. Cups and vane not necessary.

I want to replace my mast vhf cable. RG58 or RG58c ? Or any other recommendations?

I want to fit a reefing winch. I can't get enough purchase using the existing set up. The question I have is, should the winch be attached to the boom or the mast?

I'm looking for a Raymarine -type radar mast bracket. Doesn't need to be Raymarine, I want to modify it to mount a wind turbine. Thanks

Has anyone any experience of the cheaper wind generators offered on ebay? The one I looked at was £99, 3 blades, diameter around 1m. Same one sold by various outlets. I realise the quality may not be brilliant and their stated output may be wildly over stated. But are they worth a punt at...

Are the clip-on regulators any less secure than the screw on type? Struggling to source 4.5kg cylinder refills, but I have a full 7kg

New boat has vibration and shaft running out of true at the stuffing box. I got the shaft out today and it seems straight, but badly worn in the area of the gland packing. The stuffing box is conventional, with packing and floats on the end of a short rubber hose. It has a grease tube. Can I...

I will be moving a boat next week which hasn't left the pontoon for at least 4yrs. I'm pretty sure the tanks will be contaminated with water, debris and whatever else. I have to motor around 6 miles to be lifted out, and to avoid bad fuel causing engine stopping, I wondered if anyone could...

Anyone suggest a ball-part figure of having a 32' long keel boat transported by road from Brighton to Clyde? Thanks

I can't include a picture in a private message, so adding a pic here

I have a Navman plotter which worked fine till a month or so ago. Not having the required active antenna, it gets it's position via nmea connection from a Garmin 128. All good. Now, however, the plotter's position has a lat error of around 30'. The Garmin position is correct. The time on...

I've inherited a Seago inflatable on which the top 3 - 4 inches of the plywood transom have rotted. The remainder seems pretty solid, as does both ends where it attaches to the tubes. Any hints on repair procedure? Obviously chop out the rot, but then what?

Has anyone tried to use a cycle computer as an engine rev counter, and how/did it work?

Hi, I'm looking for a replacement boom with feeding sheaves/clutches. Length around 3.5m, although I'm happy to chop a longer one.

I would like to connect VDO Logic and analogue wind instruments to the same wind transducer. Apart from different connectors the same transducer is specified for both systems, but I can't find any info about connecting both at the same time. I believe it can be done, this YouTube link shows...

I am at the final stages of fitting a new switch panel. 12 rocker switches plus fuses. One aspect has me headscratching. I have fitted adjacent to the panel a 3-position rotary switch, powered from one of the panel circuits, to select nav lights. Positions 1,2 and 3 are 'mast steaming pulpit...

Is there a reason why these regulators are unsuitable for wind generators...

The LCD display on my Logic wind speed/direction instrument is kaput. The figures are there but unreadable due to a 'burn mark on the LCD. The instrument appears to output a NMEA signal so I wondered if I could feed this into a, e.g., Raymarine ST60 multi to show the wind speed? Is NMEA...